Introduction. The survey was conducted to establish the midterm evaluation of the National Program on NCD Prevention and Control, and to establish baseline data for a health project funded by the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA).Goal The goal of the survey was to determine the prevalence alcohol consumption pattern among Mongolian adults using WHO-approved methods, and to inform on NCD and injury control activities.Objectives:To compare the current prevalence of alcohol consumption to that identified in the previous STEPS survey. Alcohol consumption patterns, frequency of drinking and risks associated with alcohol consumption will be studied according to gender, age and place of residence of the survey respondents.Materials and MethodsThe cross-sectional survey used WHO STEPS survey methodology adapted to the countries specifics. A total of 5638 randomly selected 15-64 year-old Mongolian residents of both sexes from 36 soums of 20 aimags and 6 districts of Ulaanbaatar city participated in the survey. The survey data was fully collected using small handheld computers (PDAs). Because the data was comprised of only a sample of the large population, it was necessary to weight the data, Thus sample weighting and adjustments to correct the differences in the age-sex distribution of the sample compared to the largest population were performed. Data analysis was conducted using EPI INFO version 3.5.1 using appropriate methods for the complex sample design of the survey. Outcome measures (prevalence and mean variance) and differences between groups (age, gender and urban\ rural groups) were calculated with 95% confidence intervals (95%).Results:34.2% of Mongolian adults did not use alcohol in their life-time and 65.8% of them used alcohol to some extent. The prevalence of binge drinking was 39.7% in men and 15.1% in women, and binge drinking was 2.5 times more common in males compared to females.

BACKGROUND. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic impacts of drug-eluting stents (DES) and bare-metal stents (BMS) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and risk factors of stent restenosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS. We conducted a retrospective cohort study based on the Angiographic diagnostic and treatment Department of 3rd State Central Hospital of Mongolia. Patients who had undergone coronary stenting between 2000 and 2017 were recruited and monitored until the end of 2010. RESULTS. Among a total of 4520 selected patients with a mean age of 58±7 years, 2125 subjects had BMS and 2395 subjects had DES. The incidence of stent restenosis and stent thrombosis were significantly lower in the DES (37; 1,5%) group as compared with the BMS (201; 9,4%) group. Patients who have stent restenosis presented comorbidities, such as diabetes 214(47,8%), hypertension 54(22,6%), prior PCI 21(8,2%), re-infarction 12(5,04%), chronic kidney disease 16(6,7%), hyperlipidemia 21(8,2%). СONCLUSION. Implantation of DES was related to better outcomes than for BMS, in terms of reducing restenosis and stent thrombosis after PCI. STEMI patients who have co morbidities have greater risk of stent stenosis and thrombosis

Background: For the past few years, the number of non-communicable diseases and accident-related injuries have been rising which has been heavily influenced by the technology advancement and urbanization. According to the World Health Organization, osteoporosis comes in fourth after cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes in terms of spread. In 2018 at Saran-Elit Clinic in Darkhan-Uul province, 43 patients were selected to participate in a clinical study that was conducted by examining bone essence’s waste and/or fingernails. Methods: Participants’ radial’s dentistry of bones was examined thoroughly by Sunlight, Miniomni, (Beammed, Israel), an equipment with SOS and T-score. Results and conclusions The average age of the participants was 38.6918.08. The dentistry of bones of the participants were 3704 m/s-4399 m/s which showed that most of the participants were already experiencing osteoporosis. According to the statistics, when fingernails were studied by the traditional method, osteoporosis in the skull, neck and shoulder blades bones took up to 43%, higher risk of developing osteoporosis in the upper extremity to the right hand bones, and equal amount of risks in both lower extremities (p<0.05). When bones dendistry is determined by the equipment, 25.8% showed healthy, 30.9% was in the range of early osteoporosis and the remaining 43.3% was in the range of osteoporosis. As a conclusion, equipment testing is expensive and time consuming vs. the traditional method is free of charge, time efficient and easier to analyze the signs and results etc.